Electricity Lebanon: The moss spread on the shore of Kesrouan is the result of sewage evacuations and other sources

The EDL Information Office said in a statement that "given the ongoing foam trading on the shoreline of Keswan, especially on social networking sites, she fears that this foam, as noted in the report from the Ministry of the Environment and evidence to the naked eye This is not the result of a lab of thermal taste, but other sources, including evacuation points of wastewater, as evidenced by the recent emergence of this problem, while the taste of the laboratory is more than 35 years old and showed this foam only with the emergence of the new factors mentioned and the sewerage channels. outside the campus of the tasting plant, as shown in the aerial photos.

"The Foundation affirms its commitment to the national environmental standards governing the operation of the Thermal Taste Laboratory, and in all cases it is in permanent and integral coordination with the Ministry of the Environment and complies with its recommendations, in particular those contained in letter no. 2710/2019, in the regulatory frameworks that sponsor the work of the Foundation The following measures have been taken to implement these recommendations:

1. The Ministry of Environment recommended "the concentration of floating barriers along the cooling water outlet of the tasting plant" and, after the preparation of the required specifications, the institution began conducting a price survey to buy these barriers as quickly as possible.

2. With regard to the recommendation "to instruct an accredited laboratory to take samples of cooling water and sea water to demonstrate compliance with national environmental standards", the Foundation has begun preparing from a workspace in order to appeal to a specialized company for a thorough badysis of seawater and refrigeration.

3. For the recommendation "Residual chlorine concentration" in cooling water and sea water up to the limits allowed by national environmental standards, namely 1 mg / l in cooling water and 0.005 mg / l in cooling water. seawater, EDL adopts a condenser condensation index between 0.2 and 0.5 mg / l for cooling water, lower than the standards set by the Ministry of the Environment (1 mg / l). In the case of seawater, since it is outside the laboratory and exposed to several pollutants, it will be necessary to study this subject with the manufacturer from the results of the company's laboratory badyzes. that will be adopted by the institution and take the appropriate decision,.

The statement concluded: "EDL indicates that it has taken several measures since 2011 to improve the environmental situation of the thermal plant in Taste, that it has achieved positive results in this area and that it has been able to improve the environment. it is ready to take any further action in this regard in coordination with the Ministry of the Environment. "